civil rights- what people are able and allowed to do ( by law)
My Photo:
big bus on fire with a lot of black smoke
an ice cream sign, the place is named Mell-o
the burning bus was near a house
why is the bus on fire?
why is a person walking away from the burning bus?
the person probably did it and walked away
MI: freedom riders were attacked by an angry mob who burned their bus because they did not like how they were civil rights activist
class notes:
Martin Luther King jr. fought segregation
jim crow laws--> segregation
African americans would go to a lunch counter to asked to be served and sometimes the restaurants would serve them, call the police, or riots would form
Freedom riders protested segregation--> they were white and black
sit-in--> protesting the segregated lunch counters
example of civil disobedience
Rosa park arrested for sitting in front of the bus and not giving it up to the white person
The march on washington --> protest march for equal rights--> jobs, voting, school integration
C. Key Questions for our brief look at the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s (use info and links below for help):
What is a civil rights movement?
A civil rights movement was a movement for women and African Americans so that they could obtain civil rights.
What were the main goals of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s in America?
Integration
boycott- blacks would have an equal right to sit anywhere on the bus
Who was Martin Luther King Jr. and what did he believe in?
Martin Luther King jr. was an African American civil rights leader who believed that African Americans should have equal rights, no matter the skin color
What were the key events of the Civil Rights Movement?
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Birmingham and the March on Washington
Selma to Montgomery March
What strategies were used to accomplish the goals of the Civil Rights Movement?
Unit 8- Civil Rights Movement:
civil rights- what people are able and allowed to do ( by law)My Photo:
class notes:
C. Key Questions for our brief look at the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s (use info and links below for help):
What is a civil rights movement?
What were the main goals of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s in America?
Who was Martin Luther King Jr. and what did he believe in?
What were the key events of the Civil Rights Movement?
What strategies were used to accomplish the goals of the Civil Rights Movement?
What accomplishments were made?